Crocidura hispida

O. Thomas, 1913

Andaman Spiny White-toothed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Crocidura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1913-05-01. A new shrew from the Andaman Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(65):468-469.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636029

Original name as described

Crocidura hispida

Other common names

Andaman Spiny Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.3.13.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d736334c-d87a-4634-a59d-3aa1ed163914

Type locality

"Middle Andaman Island, northern end," Andaman Islands, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003912

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Crocidura hispida

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hispida

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.3.13.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d736334c-d87a-4634-a59d-3aa1ed163914

Authority page

468

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636029

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5603/115076898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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